Text A.. when I woke up this morning.i saw a message from my friend.it read.eish! My bro.i have just learned that my father has passed away.we 'll have to call off the braai.askies chommie. "Still staring at the message. I said to myself." Aikona! Things are really bad these days.this covid is really messing us up.
Questions
2.1what is the register used in the above text message?
2.2identify four different examples from the message (Text A) to support your answer in 2.1
2.3provide the standard form for the example you identified in 2.2.
2.4create your own message in which you use three different non-standard forms.
Do not use words from Tex A
Provide the standard form of the words or phrases you have use in your message.
The form of register used in the text is informal
There is a use of words like “My bro”, “eish”, “chommie”, and “Aikona”
The formal form of “bro” is “brother”
My brother, I just got the message that my father is dead”
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